• "What's he done wrong?" Sabres owner Terry Pegula replied, apparently without irony, when asked about GM Darcy Regier. If Pegula had any credibility with Buffalo's long-suffering fans, that one response just frittered it away.

• Someday, David Shoalts will be given some honor or another for his tireless efforts to chronicle the ongoing saga of the Phoenix Coyotes at a time when even the most hockey-obsessed fans in the desert get a tired head just from thinking about the fate of the team. Until then, please appreciate his latest update.

• A new arena in Detroit? It's all good. Literally. As in, no one will mourn the end of the Joe Louis Arena era.